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Four Eras Pendant
_Designed by ideaz3d ( http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:672245)
_Comments written by designer :"Inspired by the legendary Aztec civilization, this pendant represents the housing of the four periods of humanity according to this culture. The Jaguar Era. The Wind Era. The Fire Era. The Water Era."
_***The Aztec calendar stone, Sun Stone, or Stone of the Five Eras is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture saved in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Aztec sculpture.The stone is 358 centimetres (11.75 ft) in diameter and 98 centimetres (3.22 ft) thick, and it weighs about 24 tons.Shortly after the Spanish Conquest, the monolithic sculpture was buried in the Zócalo, or main square of Mexico City. It was rediscovered on December 17, 1790 during repairs on the Mexico City Cathedral. Following its rediscovery, the Calendar Stone was mounted on an exterior wall of the Cathedral, where it remained until 1885.
_In the center of the monolith is the face of the solar deity, Tonatiuh, which appears inside the glyph for "movement" (Nahuatl: 'ollin'), the name of the current era. The central figure is shown holding a human heart in each of his clawed hands, and his tongue is represented by a stone sacrificial knife (Tecpatl), expressing the need for sacrifices to allow the sun to continue moving across the sky.
_The four squares that surround the central deity represent the four previous suns or eras, which preceded the present era, 4 Movement . Each era ended with the destruction of the world and humanity, which were then recreated in the next era.
-The top right square represents 4 Jaguar , the day on which the first era ended, after having lasted 676 years, due to the appearance of monsters that devoured all of humanity.
-The top left square shows 4 Wind , the date on which, after 364 years, hurricane winds destroyed the earth, and humans were turned into monkeys.
-The bottom left square shows 4 Rain . This era lasted 312 years, before being destroyed by a rain of fire, which transformed humanity into turkeys.
-The bottom right square represents 4 Water, an era that lasted 676 years and ended when the world was flooded and all the humans were turned into fish.( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_calendar_stone)